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whether the place Of burial will be Chicago
course control, and the suddenness Of her
husbands death has left that question still
unthought of. '. o.
LOGAN AS AN ARMY MAN.
A WEST POINTERS OPINION.
WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, Dec o.
Gen. Philip Fl. Sheridan tonight gave the
following as the view of Gen. Logan held by
regular army men:
I have known Gen. Logan for twenty-five
years, and am familiar with his military career.
Of his ability as a soldier, and a high regard for
his character in every way. Since the
war have known him more Intimately
than I did during the war, because we
were not thrown together in service. Our
duties were in different fields. When he was In
the Army of the Tennessee neither of us had
emerged, so to speak. and I have known him
pest since he was in congress. He had been
looked apon by the regular army men as one of
the best soldiers the war produced, coming from
spect of Gen. Grant and his administrative
powers and control Of men entitled him to high
rank as q military commander.
A WARM ADVOCATE.
Gen. q. V. Boynton. who for twenty years
past has been one of Senator Logan's warm
est defenders from charges made during
and since the war regarding his connection
with Gen. Thomas removal, and who has
idolized him as a soldier, sends the following
to the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette to-
night:
Gen. Logan is dead. Gen. Sherman excepted
the most popular of the great military leader
whom the years had spared has passed to his
rest. In this hour those who haue known him
career turn will an exalted pride to that part
OF bis life which the grave can not claim, and
which will not die SO long as history preserves
for nationality. This will always form an en-
during halo around his name. In the light
which flashes from such service the contest of
ordinary politics, and the trinmphs and the
errors OF politicians are but as the fine duat in
the balance which the rushing memory of the
tSe hr sweep away s'y;a leaving nothing to obscure
Inc state confers honor upon politicians.
Presidents and congressman, through the long
i1 5as s'h Sono ssd republic Sn9 w so'a,s Sern a have t Sesn
who confer honors upon the state itself. From
every position from that Of private in the ranks
ct the bloodiest and most important battle
fields of the war, Gen. Logan was the typical
volunteer soldier. Full Of the cause, alive with
enthusiasm. bold. dauntless and reckless cou1-
age. OF a dashtug presence, a sharer in the thick
est OF the fight and q leader, there, careful
OF his men bat striking at the oppor-
blows az the best means CT saving life and short
en1ng the contest; protesting fearlessly in the
interest Int aSs Of o his It troops 3 against mistaken plans.
wakeful. ever earnest, and ever approving with
out hesitation whatever means were deemed
necessary to find success. There was no better
type Of the American volunteer in all the army
! Of the Union"
WAR M CIVIL RECORD.
! John A. Logan was born in Jackson county,
ILL.,, Feb. 8, 1926. His early life was spent
in that county. where he obtained some edu-
| cation from his father and such school
teachers as CHANGED to teach in the district.
At the outbreak of the Mexican war young
Logan volunteered and was chosen q lieu
tenant in a company of the First Illinois in
fantry. As a soldier he did good service,
and was for some lime adiutant of his regi-
ment In the fall of 1848, upon his return
home, he commenced the study of law in the
Office of his uncle, Alexander N. Jenkins,
formerly lieutenant governor Of Illinois. In
November, 1S49, he was elected clerk of
Jackson county. In 1850 he attended a
course of law lectures at Louisville, KY. re-
ceiving his diploma in 1851. when he
entered into practice with his uncle.
The following year he was elected
prosecuting attorney of the Third
judicial district, and in the fall of the same
year he was chosen TO the state legislature,
to which position he was three times re-
elected. In 1856 he was presidential elector
on the Democratic ticket for the Ninth con-
gressional district, and voted for James Blu
chanan for president Two years later he
was elected o member of congress from the
sanie district, receiving Is, 1878 votes against
2,796 for Phillips, Republican. At the next
election he was returned by 21,3S1 votes as
against 5,439 for Linegar, Republican. In
the campaign Of 1860 he gave his ardent
support to Stephen A Douglas.
m THE WAR.
Mr.. Logan attended the called session of
congress in July, 1851, and immedi-
ately afterward Joined the troops 60
ing to tho front He was in the first
last to leave the field. Returning
to his home Sept. /, he assisted in raising
troops, and Sept IS the Thirty-frst regi-
ment of Illinois infantry wassorganized with
Logan comm1ssioned.as colonel The first
engagement in which he and his command
participated was the battle Of Belmont in No
vember of the same year, when his ability as
a commander. and his dash and intrepidity,
foreshadowcd the fact4 that he was to play q
conspicuous part In the operations OF the
army. He was present at the battle Of, Fort
Donelson, where he received q severe wound,
and did not rejoin his command until some
weeks afterward, on the evening Of the last
day Of the battle Of Shiloh. On March 3,
1862, he was made brigadier general. and
participated in the siege OF Corinth as com
mander Of the First brigade In Gen. Judah't
division OF the right wing Of the army, and
for his valiant services was publicly
thanked by Gen. Sherman in his official re-
port
When the attempt to take Vicksburg be
gan in the fail Of 1862 Gen. Logan was j
command Of the First division Of the right
wing Of the Thirteenth corps On the arr
val Of the command at Memphis, Dec 81
1852, the Seventh army corps was organ.
lied. and on jar. IL, 1888, Gen. Logan wa
assigned to the Third division, In which po
sition he remained until the fall Of .Vicks
burg, when he was assigned 70 the comman
OF the Fifteenth army corps In the move
ments about Vicksburg from February, 1863
until July a. when Gen. Pemberton snrren-
dered. Gen. Logan with his command wa
actively engaged, and it was through ! nnm,
Der OF